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Will state laws protect abortion under a Trump presidency? Probably not

“State constitutions provide no protection whatsoever against Comstock Act, against the Trump national abortion ban, against fetal personhood within the 14th Amendment,” Cohen explained. “Which is why there were many of us who were trying to get the word out before the election, that if you really do care about reproductive freedom and vote accordingly … Read more

House Dems And Swing District GOPers May Sink Defense Spending Bill Over Anti-Abortion Amendment

“What we’re seeing now, the GOP once again choosing extremism, making abortion and women’s health care and freedom in this country the issue that they put over our national security,” Clarke said, according to CNN. “I don’t see Democrats supporting an NDAA with that in it.” Read more at Talking Points Memo  

Senate Republicans fear abortion could derail hopes for majority

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) says abortion policy should be left to the states and that Congress shouldn’t have a role to play since it’s highly unlikely any federal abortion ban could muster 60 votes to pass the Senate. But Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), the ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, rejects McConnell’s … Read more

Even After Midterm Losses, House Republicans Show No Inclination To Moderate On Abortion

As horror stories of women sickened, jailed, denied treatment, forced to carry pregnancies with no chance of success or that are products of rape leak out from all corners, parallel universe Republicans might find it politically expedient to soften their absolutist stance. But to begin the 118th Congress, these Republicans have not. Read more at … Read more

A ‘born alive’ measure is one of the House GOP’s priorities. Here’s what it would actually do.

Critics of the federal GOP “born alive” proposal say it is shrouded in misinformation about difficult circumstances involving abortions and paints a picture of neglect of infants that is not the reality within health care settings. It could force physicians to perform care on infants that would prolong their lives for a short time but … Read more